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László Papp

1926 - 2003

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László Papp (25 March 1926 – 16 October 2003) was a Hungarian professional boxer from Budapest. He was left-handed and won gold medals in the 1948 Summer Olympics in London, the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, and the 1956 Summer Olympics held in Melbourne, Australia. In his final Olympic competition he became the first boxer in Olympic history to win three successive gold medals. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of László Papp has received more than 187,745 page views. His biography is available in 34 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 33 in 2019). László Papp is the 13th most popular boxer (up from 20th in 2019), the 131st most popular biography from Hungary (up from 132nd in 2019) and the most popular Hungarian Boxer.

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Among BOXERS

Among boxers, László Papp ranks 13 out of 326Before him are George Foreman, Max Schmeling, Sugar Ray Robinson, Sonny Liston, Jake LaMotta, and Jack Dempsey. After him are Evander Holyfield, James J. Braddock, Floyd Patterson, Carlos Monzón, Vitali Klitschko, and Teófilo Stevenson.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1926, László Papp ranks 83Before him are John Berger, Carmen Franco, 1st Duchess of Franco, Gus Grissom, Jorge Medina, Poul Anderson, and James Stirling. After him are Michel Butor, Abdul Rahim Hatif, David H. Hubel, Youssef Chahine, Verner Panton, and Karl Richter. Among people deceased in 2003, László Papp ranks 47Before him are Roberto Bolaño, Isser Harel, Jack Elam, Helmut Rahn, Valentin Pavlov, and Mario Beccaria. After him are Sérgio Vieira de Mello, Rasul Gamzatov, Manuel Vázquez Montalbán, June Carter Cash, Annemarie Schimmel, and Bob Hope.

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In Hungary

Among people born in Hungary, László Papp ranks 131 out of 866Before him are Imi Lichtenfeld (1910), Peter Delyan (1009), Miklós Jancsó (1921), Marcel Grossmann (1878), Arthur Nikisch (1855), and Mária Telkes (1900). After him are George I Rákóczi (1593), Leopold Auer (1845), André Kertész (1894), László Sólyom (1942), Michael Polanyi (1891), and Gusztáv Sebes (1906).

Among BOXERS In Hungary

Among boxers born in Hungary, László Papp ranks 1After him are Július Torma (1922), István Énekes (1911), Tibor Csík (1927), Antal Kocsis (1905), István Kovács (1970), and Zsolt Erdei (1974).